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254 RUINS BETWEEN NAUPLIA AND LIGURIO.
has been restored since its original construction, and the interstices
of the walls are cemented with mortar. It was one of the povox-vgyia,,1
or single tower forts, erected to guard the passage from the territory
of Epidauros to that of Nauplia, from the castle of which it is distant
two hours and forty minutes. From this place ,we proceeded across
a small stream, flowing in a deep ravine. The soil here assumes a
fertile aspect, and is cultivated with corn, and planted with olive
groves.
Half an hour from the last ruins brought us to the remains of a
small ancient city and fortress, constructed in the second and third
styles, and fortified with a few round and square towers: the stones
are of moderate dimensions, and the fortress seems to have been
used in modern times, as the walls have been repaired and cemented
Avith mortar. It must have been a place of importance at all times,
as it commands the pass to Nauplia. These are probably the re-
mains of Midea, which, according to Apollodorus,2 was fortified by
Perseus. It was in ruins before the time of Pausanias.3 According
to Strabo,4 Prosy mna and the temple of Juno were in this vicinity.
After quitting this place, we crossed a deep ravine, containing a
small stream ; at a short distance from which some ancient vestiges
are visible, and a monastery is observed at the foot of a hill to the
right. Several other traces and tiles are scattered about the plain,
and the entire way from Nauplia seems to have been strongly
fortified and thickly peopled. A fountain, which is near the road,
forms a small subterraneous aqueduct, conveying the water to the
neighbouring village of Ligurio, where wre arrived after having
passed near the church of Agia Marina, with some adjacent vestiges
of antiquity.
Ligurio, which is a large village, is about five hours from Nauplia,
and situated at the entrance of the great plain, in which Avere the
temple and the sacred grove of JEsculapius. It occupies the site of
1 See Procop. de ^Edific. b. 4. c. 5. p. 79- Paris edit. a B. 2. 3 B. 2. c. 25.
* B. 8. p. 373 : he writes it /xiJea, and says it was pronounced like Teyex. Pausanias
writes it indifferently, with and without the tJJohthong.
has been restored since its original construction, and the interstices
of the walls are cemented with mortar. It was one of the povox-vgyia,,1
or single tower forts, erected to guard the passage from the territory
of Epidauros to that of Nauplia, from the castle of which it is distant
two hours and forty minutes. From this place ,we proceeded across
a small stream, flowing in a deep ravine. The soil here assumes a
fertile aspect, and is cultivated with corn, and planted with olive
groves.
Half an hour from the last ruins brought us to the remains of a
small ancient city and fortress, constructed in the second and third
styles, and fortified with a few round and square towers: the stones
are of moderate dimensions, and the fortress seems to have been
used in modern times, as the walls have been repaired and cemented
Avith mortar. It must have been a place of importance at all times,
as it commands the pass to Nauplia. These are probably the re-
mains of Midea, which, according to Apollodorus,2 was fortified by
Perseus. It was in ruins before the time of Pausanias.3 According
to Strabo,4 Prosy mna and the temple of Juno were in this vicinity.
After quitting this place, we crossed a deep ravine, containing a
small stream ; at a short distance from which some ancient vestiges
are visible, and a monastery is observed at the foot of a hill to the
right. Several other traces and tiles are scattered about the plain,
and the entire way from Nauplia seems to have been strongly
fortified and thickly peopled. A fountain, which is near the road,
forms a small subterraneous aqueduct, conveying the water to the
neighbouring village of Ligurio, where wre arrived after having
passed near the church of Agia Marina, with some adjacent vestiges
of antiquity.
Ligurio, which is a large village, is about five hours from Nauplia,
and situated at the entrance of the great plain, in which Avere the
temple and the sacred grove of JEsculapius. It occupies the site of
1 See Procop. de ^Edific. b. 4. c. 5. p. 79- Paris edit. a B. 2. 3 B. 2. c. 25.
* B. 8. p. 373 : he writes it /xiJea, and says it was pronounced like Teyex. Pausanias
writes it indifferently, with and without the tJJohthong.